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" The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted door . Ne'er moved in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind. "
The Pleasures of Memory, and Other Poems - Page 122
by Samuel Rogers - 1820 - 142 pages
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The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...his guests to morning draughts of wine, Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. ' The mean, suspicious...wretch, whose bolted door, Ne'er moved in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals will...
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The ballads of Ireland, collected and ed. by E. Hayes, Volume 2

Edward Hayes (collector of ballads) - 1856 - 442 pages
...his guests to morning draughts of wine, Has, with the Cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean, suspicious Wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wand'ring poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heav'n can bless,...
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Englische Dichter: Eine Auswahl englischer Dichtungen mit deutscher Uebersetzung

English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...his guests to morning draughts of wine, Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless,...
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The Ballads of Ireland, Volume 2

Edward Hayes - Ballads, English - 1856 - 396 pages
...his guests to morning draughts of wine, Has, with the Cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean, suspicious Wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the'wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heav'n can bless,...
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Selections from the British Classics: Chaucer and Spenser ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...morning draughts of Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with loss of cost. The mean suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er moved in pity to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That heaven can bless, if mortals...
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The Ballads of Ireland, Volume 2

Edward Hayes - Ballads, Irish - 1857 - 456 pages
...still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean, suspicious Wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wand'ring poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heav'n can bless, if mortals will be kind ; Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...his guests to morning draughts of wine; Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er moved in pity to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals...
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Works ...

Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 pages
...his guests to morning draughts of wine, Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. " The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted dooi Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 88

England - 1860 - 668 pages
...forced his guests to morning draughts of wine, Has with tho cup the graceless custom lost, And still ho welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean suspicious...wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er moved in duty to the wandering poor, With him I left the cup, to teach hia mind That Heaven can bless if mortals will be...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...his guests to morning-draughts of wine ; Has, with the cup, the graceless custom lost, And still he welcomes, but with less of cost. The mean suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er moved in pity to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals...
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